Instrument for removing eyes from fruit or vegetables.



No. 787,488. PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

P. G. YAWMAN.

INSTRUMENT FOR REMOVING EYES FROM FRUIT 0R VEGETABLES. APPLIUATION FILEDAPB..30,1904.

M h an Witnessesw j lliiji Attorney UNITED STATES Patented April 18,1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK o; YAWMAN, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,488, dated April18, 1905.

Application filed April 30, 1904. Serial No. 205,700.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK Gr. YAWMAN, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Instruments for Removing Eyes from Fruit or Vegetables;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and to thereference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an instrument forperforming such operations as removing the eyes from pineapples or spotsor the like from fruit or vegetables which shall be simple inconstruction and capable of rapid and easy operation.

To these and other ends my invention consists in certain improvementsand combination of parts, all as will more fully appear,

the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of thisspecification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an instrumentconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tool.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts.

In the present embodiment of my invention, I have shown an instrumentcomprising a cutting head or tool 1, mounted upon atubular shaft orshank 2, journaled on the stem of the handle-piece 3 or support, theouter end of which is provided with a loop or eye 4:. The latter isadapted to receive the thumb of one of the operators hands, and for thisreason the loop is provided at its inner side with a shield orbearing-plate adapted to receive the thrust when inserting the tool. Asthe tool is adapted to cut or excise the material by a rotary action, itis made with the outer .mounted on the stem 3, is prevented from removalby means of the inwardly-extending annular rib 9 formed thereon andextending into a circular groove in the stem, as shown in Fig. 2.

In order to revolve the tool, I provide upon the shaft 2 alongitudinally-movable sleeve 11, provided with a helical cam-slot 12,with which cooperates a head or projection 13 on the shaft. The sleeveis also provided with the curved laterally-extending arms 14:, adaptedto be engaged by the operators fingers. The sleeve is held in its normalposition on the outer end of the shank or shaft 2 by means of the spiralspring 15, one end of which engages the loop 4, While the other abutsagainst the washer 16, located at the end of the sleeve 11.

In operating the device the operator inserts the thumb of one handthrough the eye 4 of the handle and grasps one or both of the arms withthe first and second fingers of the same hand. The instrument being thenheld firmly the tool may be inserted into the fruit or other object, andby drawing the sleeve rearwardly the tool will be caused to revolve, acomplete revolution removing the material inclosed within the conedescribed during the revolution of the cutting edges 7 of the tool.'

An instrument embodying my invention consists of few parts, which aresimple in construction, and by employing a rotary-operated tool formedin the manner described a shallow or deep cut may be made, as theoperator desires, when removing eyes or spots from fruit or vegetableswithout causing unnecessary waste thereof.

I claim as my invention- 1. An instrument of the class describedembodying a tubular shaft and a tool at the outer end thereof having anoffset cutting edge, of a handle or support extending into the oppositeend of the shaft and having a finger-loop, a longitudinally-movablesleeve on the shaft provided With a helical slot and having a fincuttingedge, a movable member cooperating ger projection and a pin on the shaftcofiiper- With the shaft to revolve it and laterally-ex- 1O ating withthe slot. tending projections on the member.

2. In an instrument of the class described, FREDERICK G. YAWMAN thecombination With a handle having a stem provided with a loop, afinger-shield arranged itnesses:

therein and a shaft journaled on the stem, of RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH, atool carried on the shaft having an oifset CLARENCE A. BATEMAN.

